True or False.The statement: "The 90% confidence interval for the mean is (29.83 ,50.1)." can be interpreted to mean that the probability that the mean lies in the range (29.83 ,50.1)is 90%.

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A confidence interval indicates that if we were to take many samples and build a confidence interval from each, 90% of those intervals would contain the true mean. It does not mean there is a 90% probability that the true mean lies within a specific interval.